Dreaming of Spring

By: Betty Cahill

It’s been several weeks since we’ve cleaned and put away our patio containers and harvested late season vegetables. Our focus during the winter months is less on our landscapes – with the exception of shoveling snow. So what’s next for gardeners? That’s easy; if you’re like me, you spend spare time dreaming about our garden’s next spring. I think of places where I can create new beds to grow vegetables, herbs or flowers, or both. I think about transplanting some
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Plant and Bulb Sale

As the summer season comes to a close we watch our colorful garden slowly drip away to a dull green. Already thinking about our spring gardens, we miss our favorite tulip patch or remember witnessing our iris’s head hang, bringing feelings of nostalgia for spring. But with one goodbye comes another hello — time for fall bulb planting!

By planting bulbs in the cooler temperatures of the fall, flowers have time to fully develop before the ground thaws in the spring. Full progress causes a plants blooming period to extend, which allows us enjoy their beauty longer.

This Saturday, Sept. 25, Denver Botanic Gardens is holding the annual Plant and Bulb Sale in celebration of the new planting season. Bulbs include a wide selection of plants and flowers, anything from fiery Orange Emperors to elegant English Blue Bells. Please join us and add some unique spring-blooming loveliness to your garden.
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Creating Community: Seedlings Classes

This is a time where kids from ages 3-5 can get together, have fun and explore the wonders of nature.  Their parents also have fun with one another and find camaraderie in the fact that their children are learning not only to appreciate nature, but also how to interact with nature and preserve its beauty. 

I have been teaching this class for over a year and still am amazed that, despite different ages or developmental phases, children always have something in common: they are fascinated by what we find during our explorations of nature! 
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